| TITLE: |
Vaka moana : voyages of the ancestors : the discovery and settlement of the Pacific / edited by K.R. Howe. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 2007. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
360 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| NOTES: |
Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 2006. |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-350) and index. |
| NOTES: |
The last frontier / K.R. Howe -- Polynesian oral traditions / Rawiri Taonui -- Voyaging and settlement / Geoffrey Irwin -- Ocean sailing canoes / Ben Finney -- Navigation / Ben Finney and Sam Low -- Pacific voyaging after the exploration period / Roger Neich -- Two worlds / Anne Salmond -- Western ideas about islanders' origins / K.R. Howe -- Renaissance / Ben Finney. |
| SUBJECT: |
Polynesians--Migrations. |
| SUBJECT: |
Navigation--Polynesia. |
| SUBJECT: |
Polynesia--Discovery and exploration. |
| SUBJECT: |
Oceania--Discovery and exploration. |
| SUBJECT: |
Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Howe, K. R. |
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